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Regarding the kids forgetting their code. I've got a great idea to get around that. Why don't we embed a chip in their arm or put a number on their forehead. Just to make things go a little quicker. ;-) How does that sound?Last edited by line-em-up; 10-08-2012, 03:56 PM.
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I remember just paying money and going for food.
I was a dumb ass and had my phone number and address memorized in kindergarten. If I could do it, any kid could and if there has to be this accountability...do it.
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Originally posted by Treasure Chest View PostMy kids' district does this for middle and high schoolers. The primary schoolers memorize their numbers.
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Originally posted by Forever_frost View PostYou could be REALLY nuts and hand them a card with a barcode and a picture on it. You can't use it if it's not your picture. I just prevented people from having your kid's fingerprints, invading privacy and have streamlined it
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Originally posted by Treasure Chest View PostThis is my beef with it. You teach your child your phone number. You teach your child their address. Is it really that difficult to teach them their ID number?When public schools are facing budget crunches, $300k on something as ridiculous as a biometric scanner is ridiculous.
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Originally posted by Forever_frost View PostCan't afford teachers, but can spend 300k on this BS AND the fees and costs of keeping it working, keeping the system updated and so forth.
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Can't afford teachers, but can spend 300k on this BS AND the fees and costs of keeping it working, keeping the system updated and so forth.
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While I was in college 20+ years ago our social security number was our student ID and account number. BERGERD111
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When I was in school you had a bar code on the back of your id that the lunch lady would scan, and if you forgot your id you had your student #. What happened to that system?
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I am so thankful that I don't waste time and energy being as paranoid as a lot of you. I mean, what's the point, when the world is going to end in less than 3 months anyway?
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LOL @ this thread. I went and had lunch with my Kindergarten son on Friday. His school has a system where each kid has a 4-digit PIN number they tell the lunch lady. I'm sure more than a few 5 y/o have trouble remembering it but even then the bottleneck was the actual serving line. The kids can get through the PIN entry portion faster than the lunch ladies can get the food on the tray. Speeding up the first step doesn't do anything to get the kids through the line faster, at least at my kid's school.
The parents should be outraged that the school district wasted their precious financial resources on this unnecessary and ineffective technology. If the privacy issue is that big of a deal, then pack the kid a lunch.
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Originally posted by Treasure Chest View PostYes, it's a biometric device....how does that save time? It only takes a fraction of a second to type in an ID number. It's just an excuse to waste taxpayer money and buy a cool new toy.
Originally posted by line-em-up View PostAnd what's the deal with only 13 minutes for lunch?Last edited by SS Junk; 10-08-2012, 09:19 AM.
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Originally posted by Redd View PostIt's pretty simple however, don't want your kids hand scanned pack them a sack lunch or put them in a private or home school not a PUBLIC school.
Although, all this crap is a slippery slope that we're already sliding down at nearly full speed. A lot of "Americans" or "voters" are from places where life down right sucks. They have no issues with giving up things that we've been used to because it's still 1000x better than where they are from.
However, they also don't have any grasp on what America is really supposed to be about.
I guess this is just another example of "the Federal government protecting the people."
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Originally posted by Treasure Chest View PostHere's the thing. Most kids don't pay cash daily. They have their credits on account. They type in the kid's student ID, and their meal is debited from the account. Scanning a palm is no faster than having the lunch attendant type in a 5 or 6 digit student ID or looking up the student by last name. It's bullshit technology and a waste of $300k.
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Originally posted by SS Junk View PostMy kid's school allows only 13 minutes for lunch. That's from the time he gets out of class until his next one.
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